Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-7951

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-7951

Published: May 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU130344
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-7951
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in WebRTC. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-7951

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 148.0.7778.96
Microsoft Edge - update to 148.0.3967.54
Google Chrome - update to 148.0.7778.96
chromium - addressed in versions 148.0.7778.96-1.el9, 148.0.7778.96-1.el10_1, 148.0.7778.96-1.el10_2, 148.0.7778.96-1.el10_3, 148.0.7778.96-1.fc42, 148.0.7778.96-1.fc43, 148.0.7778.96-1.fc44
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 148.0.7778.96-1~deb12u1, 148.0.7778.96-1~deb13u1

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